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Kaiser Family Foundation

In research, Kaiser Family Foundation stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,859 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,518
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,177
of 7,310
Research works
338
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
32.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.34×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Kaiser Family Foundation

What is Kaiser Family Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #9,859 of 14,833 13.1%153

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser Family Foundation sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kaiser Family Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Kaiser Family Foundation is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (37%), Engineering (20%), Health Professions (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 18 fractional works · 49.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 37.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 36.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 22.9% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 20.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 11.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 21.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 11.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKaiser FamilyFoundation37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences50%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1437.3%
    2. Social Sciences36.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities01.2%
    5. Psychology01.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Engineering720.0%
    2. Environmental Science12.7%
    3. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Health Professions411.9%
    2. Medicine39.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.9%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 1.33× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.50× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17.44× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 17.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance17.44×14 works
  2. Health Professions4.50×4 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.56×0 works
  4. Engineering1.33×7 works
  5. Neuroscience0.87×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×1 works
  7. Social Sciences0.55×3 works
  8. Environmental Science0.54×1 works
  9. Medicine0.48×3 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.42×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×1 works
  12. Psychology0.39×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.38×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×1 works
  15. Nursing0.26×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kaiser Family Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Victoria J. Rideout, Drew E. Altman and Mollyann Brodie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaiser Family Foundation.

  1. 1 Victoria J. Rideout United States · #205,807 worldwide 6.5k citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Drew E. Altman United States · #339,393 worldwide 4.8k citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Mollyann Brodie United States · #585,439 worldwide 4.6k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Jennifer Kates United States · #816,263 worldwide 1.5k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Catherine A. Hoffman United States · #1,354,384 worldwide 2.5k citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Patricia Neuman United States · #1,631,459 worldwide 1.5k citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Alina N. Salganicoff United States · #1,646,631 worldwide 710 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Elizabeth C. Hamel United States · #1,714,992 worldwide 846 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Matthew Rae United States · #2,232,968 worldwide 429 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Claudia Deane United States · #2,362,406 worldwide 155 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Kaiser Family Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Kaiser Family Foundation?

The most cited paper from Kaiser Family Foundation is "The Medical Outcomes Study. An application of methods for monitoring the results of medical care" (Alvin R. Tarlov, 1989), with 1,235 citations. Next come "Views of Practicing Physicians and the Public on Medical Errors" (777) and "Patient-re ported complications and follow-up treatment after radical prostatectomy" (640).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Medical Outcomes Study. An application of methods for monitoring the results of medical care Alvin R. Tarlov · JAMA 18 Aug 1989 1,235
2 Views of Practicing Physicians and the Public on Medical Errors Robert J. Blendon, Catherine M. DesRoches, Mollyann Brodie et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Dec 2002 777
3 Patient-re ported complications and follow-up treatment after radical prostatectomy Floyd Jackson Fowler, Michael J. Barry, Grace L. Lu‐Yao et al. · Urology Open access Dec 1993 640
4 Health Information, The Internet, And The Digital Divide Mollyann Brodie, Rebecca Flournoy, Drew E. Altman et al. · Health Affairs Nov 2000 600
5 The Clinical Application of the Biopsychosocial Model GEORGE L. ENGEL · The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine 1981 525
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kaiser Family Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Health Care Utilization, Health Care Spending, Insurance Markets, Quality Improvement, Chronic Disease Management, Health System Reform and Continuity of Care.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Primary Care14▲ 104×4 topics
  2. Health Care Utilization13▲ 314×2 topics
  3. Health Care Spending12▲ 866×1 topic
  4. Insurance Markets12▲ 866×1 topic
  5. Quality Improvement3▲ 48×4 topics
  6. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 27×3 topics
  7. Health System Reform2▲ 67×2 topics
  8. Continuity of Care2▲ 85×1 topic
  9. Patient-Centered Medical Home2▲ 119×1 topic
  10. Pipeline2▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Patient Engagement1▲ 28×2 topics
  12. Choosing Wisely1▲ 169×1 topic
  13. Low-Value Care1▲ 169×1 topic
  14. Seismic1▲ 60×1 topic
  15. Tunnel1▲ 40×1 topic
  16. Global Trade1▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Kaiser Family Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Healthcare cost, quality, practices.

Healthcare Policy and Ma…12Healthcare Policy and Management: 12 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …2Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality…1Healthcare cost, quality, practices: 1 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 1 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 0 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 0 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional worksTransport and Economic Policies: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and Construction3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0 works
  8. 8 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Transport and Economic Policies Strategy and Management 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kaiser Family Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kaiser Family Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000096% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Kaiser Family Foundation0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kaiser Family Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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